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What's a holiday without cool shades ;)

We had a family trip to Perth from 21st March to 29th March 2014, together with my parents. We decided on Australia as we felt that it was one of the more child-friendly alternative as compared to HK or Taiwan and thought that we would add in a farm-stay just for our dear kiddo.

We were deciding between Gold Coast, Tasmania and Perth... would have loved to go for Tasmania actually but SQ was having a promo for flight to Perth so we decided to bite it.

Perth is much quieter as compared to Melbourne which we have been to twice and of which we totally adore. Its definitely good for family trips just that alot of time is really wasted on the road as travelling from one destination to another usually takes at least 2 hours. The most anti-climax part of the trip for me was that me and E fell sick almost immediately once we touch down. I was super down for the 1st few days of the trip and quite lethargic for the remaining half...argghhhh!

Here goes the photo-diarrhea:p (Can't really remember the sequence due to the fact that I was not well then so its just a whole lot of pics and stuff not according to days)

Starting off with traditional chinese brekkie at Changi Airport!

We are ready for the family adventure! E actually fell off the high-chair as he stood up without any of us noticing! Thank God there wasn't any bump.. he still remembers it till today ;(

His 1st flight with a seat of his own! Cost us a bomb though ... haha.. traveling b4 2 is a must for a parents!!

Still looking fresh as we await take-off!!

E went all-wild with the video system till it got almost irritating. He would request for switch of channels and he did not nap a wink till the plane started to land!! *ROAR!! No rest and movie for me ... boowoo...

Perth.. here we come!!

King's Park and Botanical Garden.. spot my parents and E in his stroller..

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The grass and lawn were so nice to run in... perfect bonding day for papa and E! Would have been perfect with it was Melbourne's cool weather though..

Sand play at the children's playground within the Park's vicnity. Did not stay long though as the noon sun was getting increasingly uncomfortable though E was totally oblivious to the heat!

Just adore this pic of E & me!!

Taking a stroll @ Sebel, Swan Valley where we had our the 1 week accommodation stay!

E found some treasure!!

An even greater treasure that he found parked in the vicinity!

E climbed all the way up.....

UP.......

ALL the way to this awesome view!

Bought a couple of Chugginton Train books at super discounted price over there and they even have stickers for the kiddo! To date, still his favorite series of books.

Love this father-son pic. Dolphin Watch Cruise Boat @ Mandura... well, we did spot like 1 or 2 dolphin's ...tail... Zzzzz

Self-entertainment as there were no dolphins in sight... saw tons of huge and beautiful houses though.... quite a chill place to retire;)

To E's delight, he was allowed to wear the captain's hat and take control of the boat for a couple of seconds! He loved it so much that he was given another chance towards the end of the cruise. This made his day!!

Had to settle for the toy one after we were chased off the cruise ship... He was glued to this fixture even though there were slides and swings and other cool stuff in the playground. LOL!

Visit to the Fremantle Prison... very detailed though we felt that the Melbourne one was much more dramatic. Good to visit though as I was really surprised by the state of the prison...

Weekend Market @ Freemantle... the chef at work ;)

The Pinnacles

Just us!

1of the nicest fish and chips that we had over there... think its at the small town when we visited Pinnacles... much better than the overly rated fish and chips place at Fremantle!

@ the WildLife Park... E wasn't too keen with most of the animals except for the Koala. He stayed at the enclosure for more than 15 minutes and was even willing to pet them!

As seen in his expression... 'Not too interested'... but could be because he was awoken prematurely from his nap as we felt that he was missing out too much! *apparently not for him!

E was glued to this cute yummy looking mini beetle the whole time we were at the nougat shop. It was tough trying to stop him from getting in and driving off!

The Farm Stay at Harvey Hills!

We had to do all the feeding as E was just not too keen to touch the animals. He enjoyed throwing the feed to the chickens and ducks though and thats about it.

We managed to catch the once a year Harvey Hills Carnival which was a huge thing for the quiet town! After all the hype about it, we concluded that it was like a huge western pasar malam...

Caught some cool motorbike stunt acts though...and found a really nice lemonade drink as captured in the picture. Managed to buy 2 cartons of the drink back on the last day there!